Benjamin Britten was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces.

Stephen Storace (4 April 1762 – 19 March 1796) was an English composer. His sister was the famous opera singer Nancy Storace. He was born in London in the Parish of St Marylebone to an English mother and Italian father. ...

Karl Rankl (1 October 1898 – 6 September 1968) was a British conductor and composer who was of Austrian birth. A pupil of the composers Schoenberg and Webern, he conducted at opera houses in Austria, Germany and Czechoslovakia ...

Sir William Turner Walton, OM (29 March 1902 – 8 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include Fa...

Katharine Mary Adela Maddison, née Tindal (15 December 1862 – 12 June 1929), usually known as Adela Maddison, was a British composer of operas, ballets, instrumental music and songs. She was also a concert producer. She compose...

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel, born Georg Friedrich Händel, was a German, later British baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ conc...

Handel (born Georg Friedrich Händel, 23 February 1685 - 14 April 1759) was a German, later British baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ c...

... Pacific Opera Victoria presented Benjamin Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia," directed by Diana ... Leblanc and conducted by Timothy Vernon, at the Royal Theatre in in British Columbia, from February 9-18, 2006. ...

... The University of British Colmbia Opera Ensemble presented Harry Somers's "Louis Riel," directed ... by Nancy Hermiston and conducted by Dwight Bennett, in Vancouver, British Columbia, in February 2010. ...

... The University of British Columbia Opera Division presented the world premiere of George Ryan's ... Centre in British Columbia on October 24, 2003. The opera was written as an introduction to the form for children. ...